Next up in #TWC45, @natalieleclue.bsky.social examines a moment of outrage from fans of F1 racing in "Controversy, Social Media, and Formula One: Examining #VoidLap58." To read more, click here:

🚨 Cover Reveal! 🚨 I’m excited to share the cover for Beyond Fandom: The Dark Side of Social Media Discourse! 🎉 This collection explores the complexities of online fandoms. #fanstudies #fandom

I’ve written something about some segments of the #F1 fandom here ➡️ journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/tw...

In the opening editorial for #TWC45, guest editors Jason Kido Lopez and Lori Kido Lopez explain that this issue shift[s] our focus to the boundaries [to] uncover insights that complicate and expand our understanding of sports fandom as a whole."

In an effort to make scholarship on African film and media at #SCMS25 visible, please note and share widely these papers and panels with an African focus.

1. What you see here is clearest illustration why things are so messed up and why it cannot get any better until this asymmetry is addressed. Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance. My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...

I am currently reading through chapter drafts for the 30th Anniversary of Tomb Raider book. Holy wow, they are awesome. 🤯

I am so happy to have written something for the special issue on Fan Personas for Persona Studies journal. Check out the great work @kimbarbour.bsky.social and @markstewart have done! 👏 ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/ps...

Kim Barbour (@kjbarbour.bsky.social) and I are proud to announce that our Special Edition of Persona Studies, entitled "Fan Personas", is now out! There are 6 excellent articles, plus our editorial, all looking at the intersection of Persona Studies and Fan Studies. ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/ps...

⚠️ In response to Musk changing the X algorithm to deboost negative content, people asked Grok what is considered “negative” and were told: • Criticism of the government • Commentary about misinformation • Suggestion the public is being manipulated • Attacks against powerful people or institutions

I am so chuffed to start reviewing chapter drafts for a collection celebrating 30 years of #TombRaider & #LaraCroft #bookpublishing

I love the sound of minor revisions in the morning.

Do I have a lot of writing to do? Am I doing the writing? Nope. Games don’t play themselves.

What to share as a first post…Beautiful Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa.